Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [noun] 's [noun sg] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 From 1316 when Lancaster 's power was at its height , until 1323 , when Edward once again had full control of the government and the thirteen-year truce was concluded , Scottish forces ravaged northern England almost as far south as the Humber , plundering and impoverishing the clergy no less than the laity of that region .
2 Yes , it was just one of those days when Belmont 's name was on the cup right from the off .
3 It is the business of language to represent reality , so to the extent that it is stuck in a vanished world where woman 's place was in the home , and so on , language is misleading us and failing to do its job .
4 They would have had to know where Alex 's gun was in the Green Room , they would have had to run the risk of being observed on the O.P. side of the stage when they committed the murder …
5 Although his wrath frightened her and although she felt guilty , she would not be unnerved , not be fazed , not be pushed around — not when Thomas 's future was at stake .
6 On 4 October 1406 , when Henry 's government was at its nadir , he finally became keeper of the Privy Seal .
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